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At the Kunstmuseum Basel, the Swiss premiere of a work that celebrates the glory of 35mm film

The French Symbolist’s colourful illustrations go on display at Waddesdon – for the first time in more than a century

After an £18.1m makeover courtesy of Wright & Wright Architects, the 18th-century almshouses that formerly housed the Geffrye Museum are reopening on 12 June under a new name. There is now 80 per cent more space for the museum’s collection of domestic fixtures and fittings through the ages. The temporary exhibition programme kicks off with the artist Polly Braden’s show ‘Holding the Baby’, which features photographic portraits of and interviews with single-parent households. Find out m...

This display at the Château de Fontainebleau presents an exceptional group of diplomatic gifts, offered by Shogun Iemochi to Napoleon III between 1860–64, shortly after Japan opened to the West in 1854. Among them are a group of 10 exquisite kakemono paintings on silk, a folding screen with a scene of a horseman among misty mountains painted on gold leaf, and cabinets with intricate lacquer panelling inlaid – in short, a collection fit for an emperor. The exhibition runs from 4 June to 2...

Paul Cézanne believed that drawing taught him to ‘see well’, and the post-Impressionist’s works on paper often reveal him at his most innovative and daring. This display of some 250 works at MoMA (6 June–25 September) ranges from translucent watercolours to bold essays in linear perspective, and across Cézanne’s long career. Find out more from MoMA’s website.

The Sala del Doge is among the most spectacular rooms at the Palazzo Grimani in Venice. It was conceived by Giovanni Grimani as an homage to his grandfather Antonio, first doge of the family, and completed in 1568; decked out with alabaster, serpentine and porphyry, the room housed part of the famed Grimani collection of Greek and Roman sculpture. From 19 May–27 November 2022, the room returns to (something like) its former glory – new analysis of Giovanni Grimani’s inventories and other ...

Eileen Agar played a key role in the Surrealist movement during the 1930s – this large survey at the Whitechapel Gallery (19 May–29 August) shows the range of her influences. She drew on everything from Cubism to classical sculpture in works that ranged from painting to found-object assemblages. With some 150 works, the display traces her seven-decade career from her early years studying at the Slade through to her inclusion in André Breton’s ‘International Surrealist Exhibition’ of ...

This display will explore the turbulent life and death of Thomas Becket, who rose from relatively humble origins to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury before coming into conflict with Henry II over the balance of power between Church and State. His murder in 1170 – whether on the orders of the king remains a bone of historical contention – sent shockwaves through England and beyond; his spilt blood was reported to have miraculous powers of healing, and before long he had been canonise...

The Scottish painter Joan Eardley (1921–63) first visited the small Aberdeenshire fishing village of Catterline in 1950, shortly after graduating from art school; for the rest of her life, she divided her time between Glasgow and the North East. She was entranced both by the village and by the ‘vast seas, vast areas of cliff’ beyond it, which she depicted in her vivid, gestural landscapes – completed outdoors in habitually inclement conditions. This display at the recently reopened Nati...

Many museums remain closed, but at least spring has sprung. This week’s Apollo Art Diary picks out four arty gardens to enjoy…  Yayoi Kusama’s artistic work owes much to her engagement with the natural world; as a child she would spend hours among the fields of her family’s seed nursery in Matsumoto. In this display at New York Botanical Garden (until 31 October), early works such as her  Narcissus Garden (1966) are installed amid the flowers; there are also two new monumental scul...